Posted on Wednesday, April 13 2011 @ 21:53 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
DigiTimes
reports Acer is looking to sell more tablets. Netbooks on the other hand are declining, the company is seeking to cover the gap with tablets.
Taiwan-based PC brand vendor Acer has increased its April tablet PC orders to 500,000-800,000 units, aiming to compete against Motorola, RIM and Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) tablet PCs, according to sources from upstream component makers.
The sources pointed out that the 10-inch model is assembled by Compal Electronics with 7-inch model handled by Quanta Computer. Although Acer only placed a small amount of tablet PC orders in March, the company has significantly raised its orders in April with volume for 10-inch models reaching 400,000-600,000 units.
